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\ BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM G.7,1.2 7 H£F f£Dt EBEHc~ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 5, 1956 FlLh ^L MONTHLY DEPARTMENT STORE STOCKS Of CHIC^Q ^/V^TBased. on retail dollar amounts) 1 October 1956 ' W56 The value of department store stocks increased October to a new high after allowance for the usual sea§6ti^Qp ^ change. The adjusted index is estimated at 1U2 per cent ^AQQ of the 19U?-1|.9 averaget compared with 139 for September and 130 for October a year ago. Federal Reserve District f Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland Index Numbers (Avera;ge end-of-month stocks 19U7-U9=100) Unadjusted Seasonally adjusted 1956 1956 1955 T1955 " Oct. Sept. | Oct, Oct, | Sept* Oct* 1U8 ia 153 ia 136 130 rlU2 132 139 rl31 rlU5 133 + 9 +11 + 8 + 9 + 7 +10 + 6 + 8 169 167 131 13U rl54 P192 156 P189 120 153 130 153 175 17U 138 1U5 rl70 170 137 1U5 +10 + 9 +11 + 6 +13 +11 +11 + 6 139 pl50 pl58 plu7 128 1U8 156 1U8 125 rlUO rl5l rl36 151 Pl62 P17U P167 13k 153 166 15b 136 rl5l rl67 rl55 +12 + 6 + 5 + 9 +11 + 7 + U + 8 plU2 139 rl30 P159 1U5 1U5 + 9 + 9 131 129 133 129 132 123 135 126 Richmond Atlanta Chicago St# Louis P17U pllh 13U 137 Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco United States Percentage change Oct, 1956 from Month Year ago ago 123 117 126 119 Note:—Indexes are based on value of stocks at end of month. For description and monthly indexes for the period January 1919 to October 1951 see Federal Reserve Bulletin for December 1951; pp. Il|63-l5l5« Indexes for the most recent thirteen-month period are shown regularly in the Bulletin. Percentage changes are based on unadjusted indexes.
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